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Don't mean to be a smart aleck, but there is no cure for RA. The swelling & pain is caused by the disease he is not treating. Painkillers only mask the symptoms, they do nothing to halt the progression on the disease. Please encourage him to try a diferent tx , there are a large variety of DMARDs available.

I take Glucosamine with Chondrotin (3000mg or 1500mg twice a day double up on bad days) then MSM for pain. I started on 1500 mg, twice on bad days...what a difference! I'm off of Motrin now and I was taking 800mg twice a day.